Vocabulary The Great Gatsby (Ch.1&2)

• What does Grotesque mean?

  Distorted or bizarre, very ugly
• What does transcendent mean?

  Beyond or above the range of normal human experience or understanding.
• What does contagious mean?

  Able to be transmitted from one person or thing to another.
• What does pastoral mean?

  portraying an ideal version of the

  countryside or priestly
• What does ectoplasm mean?

  A substance believed to emanate from the body of a medium during a spiritualistic trance.
• What does proprietary mean?

  Ownership or control over something, typically referring to a product, technology, or intellectual property.
• What does hauteur mean?

  Arrogance; disdainful pride
• What does strident mean?

  Loud or harsh, insistent in sound